Léon Frédéric
(1856–1940) belgisk konstnär
Léon Frédéric (Flanders/Belgium, 1856–1940) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Léon Frédéric belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Léon Frédéric was born in Brussels and died in Schaerbeek. Léon Frédéric trained at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. The teachers included Jean-François Portaels, Jules Van Keirsbilck, and Ernest Slingeneyer. Léon Frédéric worked in Brussels, Italy, and Brussels. Wikidata associates Léon Frédéric with Naturalism and Symbolism. Léon Frédéric became a member of L'Essor, Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, and Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
The best-known works include ‘The Golden Age: The Night’, ‘The Golden Age: The Morning’, and ‘The Golden Age: The Evening’. The catalogue has 21 works by Léon Frédéric with free images. The dated works span the years 1880–1907. Works by Léon Frédéric are held by several collections, among them Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, and Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien. Wikidata links 4 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfred William Finch, Jacobs Smits, Eugène Guillaume Boch, Charles Maurin, and Hermann Vogel.